Motherhood, Respectability and Baby Farming in Victorian and - Edwardian Londo

Motherhood, Respectability & Baby-Farming in Victorian & Edwardian London explores the largely obscured marketplace of motherhood that provided ways for women to manage the stigma of illegitimacy and their respectable identities within Victorian and Edwardian society.

List of contents

Chapter 1 – Introduction
Chapter 2 - Female Respectability and Its Consequences
Chapter 3 - Discourse of ‘Farming’
Chapter 4 - The Marketplace of Motherhood
Chapter 5 - An Industry of Disposal
Chapter 6 - Conclusion
Bibliography

About the author

Joshua G. Stuart-Bennett works at the University of Leicester and the Open University. His research interests are interdisciplinary with a special focus on historical criminology. This book is based on his PhD thesis.

Summary

Motherhood, Respectability & Baby-Farming in Victorian & Edwardian London explores the largely obscured marketplace of motherhood that provided ways for women to manage the stigma of illegitimacy and their respectable identities within Victorian and Edwardian society.

Product details

• Authors: Joshua Stuart-Bennett, Joshua (Research Associate At Univ Stuart-Bennett
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.11.2022
• EAN: 9780367752750
• ISBN: 978-0-367-75275-0
• No. of pages: 148
• Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; London, Greater London, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Women, c 1800 to c 1900, British & Irish history, Sociology: family & relationships, Legal History, Social and cultural history, c 1910 to c 1919, Gender studies: women, Sociology: work & labour, Gender studies: women and girls, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), Sociology: family and relationships, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Sociology: work and labour, Industrialisation and industrial history